Josephus

gwp wrote:Joe: So far today, two people have mode posts (one in Dodgeball and one in the contest thread), and came back later and removed them. One admitted the deleted post was racist in his deletion.

The seed has been sown.

That's remarkable. I thought this morning the tide had kind of turned toward "lets just pretend this didn't happen".
I think you deserve much of the credit for getting people to really think about what they post.

edit: I never thought I'd be one to stand up for anything that could be viewed as politically correctness. sigh.

killingtime

gwp

Josephus wrote:That's remarkable. I thought this morning the tide had kind of turned toward "lets just pretend this didn't happen".
I think you deserve much of the credit for getting people to really think about what they post.

edit: I never thought I'd be one to stand up for anything that could be viewed as politically correctness. sigh.

I think that's the magic here. This isn't really politically correctness -- almost anti-political correctness. Being politically correct in common definition seems to be the absence of everything that might be specific to any race, creed, religious affiliation, gender, political leaning or sexual orientation.

Instead, this is fostering thought concerning 'what is the purpose of what is being said/displayed?' That which carries evil intent is evil in deed. (indeed)

It's a refinement in thought, not a suppression of expression. And certainly not a legislated action. It's all free will. And it's working.

killingtime

I think that's the magic here. This isn't really politically correctness -- almost anti-political correctness. Being politically correct in common definition seems to be the absence of everything that might be specific to any race, creed, religious affiliation, gender, political leaning or sexual orientation.

Instead, this is fostering thought concerning 'what is the purpose of what is being said/displayed?' That which carries evil intent is evil in deed. (indeed)

It's a refinement in thought, not a suppression of expression. And certainly not a legislated action. It's all free will. And it's working.

gwp

Are you playing (I think so), or hasn't it clicked? The only real 'law' is your own conscience. If you say something or do something that you intended to cause harm, then you have done something with intent, and forfeit the right to be indignant when someone calls you on it. If something you say or do causes harm inadvertently, but you meant no harm, then you can choose one of two options: apologize and/or learn from the reaction and decide whether to adjust your actions or words. Free will.

I might add that this applies equally to the other side as well. If someone says something you are tempted to be offended by, ask yourself: did they mean to offend? Did they mean to offend me? Perhaps the offense is purely internal.

killingtime

Are you playing (I think so), or hasn't it clicked? The only real 'law' is your own conscience. If you say something or do something that you intended to cause harm, then you have done something with intent, and forfeit the right to be indignant when someone calls you on it. If something you say or do causes harm inadvertently, but you meant no harm, then you can choose one of two options: apologize and/or learn from the reaction and decide whether to adjust your actions or words. Free will.

I might add that this applies equally to the other side as well. If someone says something you are tempted to be offended by, ask yourself: did they mean to offend? Did they mean to offend me? Perhaps the offense is purely internal.

Your post? Fair game, fair humor. (And I chuckled...)

I don't remember the movie...but there was this one scene where (some white guys or) a white guy had fallen into a garbage truck and some bystanders said how tragic it was that someone would "throw away a perfectly good white boy."

gwp

I don't remember the movie...but there was this one scene where (some white guys or) a white guy had fallen into a garbage truck and some bystanders said how tragic it was that someone would "throw away a perfectly good white boy."

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